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Oregon football player suspended for role in snowball fight; other students could face charges

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Oregon football player Pharaoh Brown, center, dumps a tub load of snow on fellow student Charley Gibson during a snow battle involving hundreds of students on campus Friday. Brown has been suspended from the Alamo Bowl for his role in the snowball fight.
(Oregon Live/The Register-Guard)

A snowball fight on the University of Oregon campus has led to the suspension of one football player from an upcoming bowl game and could lead to charges for other students.

The incident took place on Friday on campus after the Oregon football team challenged fellow students on Twitter to a friendly snowball fight. But the snowball fight eventually turned on innocent bystanders with students blocking traffic and attacking cars.

Oregon professor Sherwin Simmons was captured on video emerging from his car and being pelted with snowballs and a bucket of snow. The video has gone viral on YouTube and has over 3 million views.

Oregon Dean of Students Paul Shang told KATU news that he's helping police officers figure out who's in the video.

"I've looked at the video repeatedly," Shang said. "We'll certainly be persistent identifying students and talking to them about their conduct."

Another driver targeted was Oregon university employee, Kathryn Mayfair.

"There were probably 100 to 200 students, a select few leading the charge. They stopped my vehicle, pelted it with snowballs packed pretty hard like iceballs," Mayfair told KATU News on Sunday.

"It sounded like a rock hitting the windshield driving down the freeway," she said.

Mayfair also said a group of people trying to dump a bucket of snow into her car when she rolled down the window.

"I was one of the many UO students involved in the snowball fight on Friday and my actions escalated to an inappropriate level and for that, I sincerely apologize," Brown said in a statement released Monday afternoon. "We never should have engaged innocent people and I deeply regret my actions and will accept the consequences.”